InhaltsangabePreface.- Stem Cells and Prostate Development.- Isolation and Characterization of Prostate Stem Cells.- Prostate tumor initiating cells.- TIC Markers and methods of characterization.- Genetic Control of Self Renewal of the TIC.- Therapeutic targeting of the prostate TIC.- The prostate stem cell niche.- Tumor stroma control of the prostate TIC.- Targeting the prostate stem cell for chemoprevention.- Stem cell models for functional validation of prostate cancer genes.- Index.

Please see attached CV for details. The volume editor has received millions of dollars in grants from the NIH and NCI for projects on prostate cancer stem cells.